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Psychological Inquiry, 26: 174–180, 2015 Copyright
Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1047-840X print / 1532-7965 online DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2015.1002377 Expanding the Science of Resilience: Conserving Resources in the Aid of Adaptation Stevan E. Hobfoll and Natalie R. Stevens Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Alyson K. Zalta Department of Behavioral Sciences and Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois In considering resilience to stress there are several key the resilience process or resilience outcomes a partic- organizing principles that will aid both research and ular clinical intervention, study, or paper is examin- understanding. Understanding resilience is critical to ing. Drawing from diverse fields inside and outside of illumination of the stress process, be it for purposes of psychology will allow us to develop a comprehensive research, policy, or intervention. Bonanno, Romero, and universal approach to the study of resilience and Klein (this issue) provide an excellent review of (Panter-Brick, 2014). Just as the terms related to thinking on resilience and delineate several key foci stress were borrowed from the physics of metals that require future attention. In particular, Bonanno (called materials science), we can turn to this same et al. (this issue)